Abstract:A new kind of elasticplastic energy dissipating bearing is applied to the seismic isolation design of the Nanjing Jia River Bridge, a typical selfanchored suspension bridge with single tower. Parameter sensitivity analysis are conducted for the bearing design through nonlinear dynamic timehistory analysis. The results show that compared with the responses of the floating type, the longitudinal displacement of main girder is reduced to 20% while the inner forces are almost as the same. The lateral seismic responses are also reduced to 15%~50% of the conventional lateralfixed system. It indicates that the elasticplastic energy dissipating bearing can be effectively applied to the seismic isolation design of selfanchored suspension bridge with singletower.